In Greece, summer is on its way, and the tourist season with it. After two years marked by Covid, quarantines and health restrictions, Greece expects to see a flood of tourists on its soil, reviving the pre-pandemic trend. In 2019, more than 34 million people visited the country, a record.
But the sector, which accounts for nearly a quarter of GDP, is concerned about the lack of manpower: 50,000 jobs remain to be filled. According to the daily Efsyn, 38% of Greek hotels lack a cleaner, or 30% a receptionist. In total, a quarter of the hotel industry is understaffed. The leftist daily describes at length “an obsolete tourism model that runs in a vacuum to constantly anticipate developments and crises in the sector”.
“Nobody can base the problem on the pandemic or on social benefits, and the main actors are gr